Nginx not starting because of bad/missing path to access_log

Server NGINX
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Hi,

Just want to point this case where nginx won’t start and eventually
suggest a feature to avoid this situation.

nginx vhost is configured with the following directive:

    access_log  /domhome/some-random-domain.com/logs/access_log

main;

where /domhome/some-random-domain.com/logs/access_log is in fact a
symlink:

ls -la /domhome/some-random-domain.com/logs/access_log

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Oct 2 05:31
/domhome/some-random-domain.com/logs/access_log ->
/domhome/some-random-domain.com/logs/2011/10/access_log

The case is that if some folder in the path does not exist, e.g. the
folder 2011 is missing, or 10 is missing, then nginx won’t be able to
follow the symlink and create the access_log. It will just refuse to
start with the following error in the log:

2011/10/07 13:21:12 [emerg] 9105#0: open()
“/domhome/some-random-domain.com/logs/access_log” failed (2: No such
file or directory)

Can this behavior be adjusted, so that nginx creates all the folders in
the path and create the access_log itself, and start normally as
expected? Or is this inappropriate, and if so, why?

Thanks,

Boyko

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On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Boyko Y.
[email protected]wrote:

Can this behavior be adjusted, so that nginx creates all the folders in the
path and create the access_log itself, and start normally as expected? Or is
this inappropriate, and if so, why?

Do that in your init script or use some config management tools to do it
for
you.